So, I'm VERY interested in & follow politics, BUT this election has rained on the travel season parade for college admissions counselors - thanks to the debates falling on college fair nights. How dare people find Barack Obama, John McCain, Joe Biden & Sarah Palin more important than a college fair & SIMPSON COLLEGE, LOL, j/k!
It IS a bummer, though. Each college spends thousands of dollars traveling the country in hopes to talk with potential students & then instead we end up comparing hotels, restaurants & crazy travel stories among each other during "dead" time. We were all particularly hit hard tonight in Boulder, CO. Last year I was SWAMPED & ran out of materials (yes...little "unknown" Iowa college!) & there were over 1,000 students who attended this Boulder college fair. Tonight? The night of the 2nd Presidential Debate...4 visitors to my table & a pin drop could have been heard throughout the Coors Event Center. I would estimate 50 students in the entire place. So, a.) no students b.) we ALSO missed the debate only to sit around & chat w/ each other. :( This same thing happened last Thursday during the V.P. debate. Thankfully the few I talked with made it worth it!
Perhaps the college fair committees & the campaign/election committees can collaborate & plan better 4 years from now, LOL. :P
On another note, GO VOTE!
Current H!GhL!Ght @ the S.C....
SiMPSON DiD iT!
...we UPSET our BiGGEST RiVAL, the Central Dutch in a nervewracking, but AMAZiNG football game last Saturday!
It was a COLD, COLD day, but the STORM was HOT...we went ahead 17-7; Central fought back to tie it (thankfully we held 'em to only a field goal) & the game went in to OT. We scored on a 2nd down 25 yard pass. Then on Central's 2nd down, STORM senior Tim Stover INTERCEPTED it to WiN 24-17! The fact that it was AT CENTRAL made the win even better.
I wish I could see the replay! :D
This was the PERFECT end to a 7-3 season & PERFECT beginning to a new SiMPSON STORM DOMiNATiON..it was very special for the seniors, the NEW coaching staff, the 8 SPiRiTED shirtless guys cheering on a freezing day, & the entire SiMPSON community.
READ The Des Moines Register article here.
READ the SiMPSON press release here.
CHECK OUT photos from the game here.
APPLY to SiMPSON for FREE here.
Be a STORM athlete here.
...we UPSET our BiGGEST RiVAL, the Central Dutch in a nervewracking, but AMAZiNG football game last Saturday!
It was a COLD, COLD day, but the STORM was HOT...we went ahead 17-7; Central fought back to tie it (thankfully we held 'em to only a field goal) & the game went in to OT. We scored on a 2nd down 25 yard pass. Then on Central's 2nd down, STORM senior Tim Stover INTERCEPTED it to WiN 24-17! The fact that it was AT CENTRAL made the win even better.
I wish I could see the replay! :D
This was the PERFECT end to a 7-3 season & PERFECT beginning to a new SiMPSON STORM DOMiNATiON..it was very special for the seniors, the NEW coaching staff, the 8 SPiRiTED shirtless guys cheering on a freezing day, & the entire SiMPSON community.
READ The Des Moines Register article here.
READ the SiMPSON press release here.
CHECK OUT photos from the game here.
APPLY to SiMPSON for FREE here.
Be a STORM athlete here.
Which of these SiMPSON May Term 2009 trips abroad would YOU like to join?
What is your favorite part of college life, or the thing you look forward to the most?
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- Last Week's HOMECOMiNG...& an Organ Recital. :)
- Along Southern Minnesota...
- Kayla & her SiMPSON SURPRiSE!
- Some time ON CAMPUS...
- MY Travel Season Staples! :)
- SiMPSON Alumni In Residence Days
- A Few Days with Minnesota Folk...
- a human's RiGHT & social JUSTiCE in college education
- college fair downer
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- From Lake Superior to the Rockies...
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